duplicate object

[JH]

I have objA and objB, both derived from the same class. how do i copy the contents of b into a? i don't want to do this:

objA = objB

because that sets a's reference to b. this is something that has to be very simple to do, but i'm at a loss.

thanks!

[Stefan Hoenig]

You have to write such a function yourself. If you call it for example "CopyTo" you could then do

objB.CopyTo(obja)

If on the other side you want to create a new object that is an exact copy of your object, you should provide a Clone method. See the following methods and interfaces in the SDK Class Referecne for more information: ICloneable, Clone, MemeberwiseClone.

Stefan

> I have objA and objB, both derived from the same class. how do i copy the contents of b into a? i don't want to do this:
>
> objA = objB
>
> because that sets a's reference to b. this is something that has to be very simple to do, but i'm at a loss.
>
> thanks!